Bharti to Sell Use of Cables

Indian Telecom Giant to Lease Global Access to Fiber-Optic Network

By

Ketaki Gokhale

Updated Aug. 17, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI -- Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel Ltd. is set to launch a "global wholesale service" in Singapore that will open its approximately 200,000 kilometers of international fiber-optic cables to carriers around the world.

Carriers will use Bharti Airtel's network but market their services using their own brands. Carriers that have signed on for the new wholesale service include Saudi Telecom, PCCW of Hong Kong, and...